In Russian, there are words in which the prefix "archi" is present. However, few people know that she (this prefix) is a foreign language. Thanks to her, the meaning of the word itself changes. What does the prefix "archi" mean? What is it used for?
Introduction
First of all, we will deal with the very concept of "prefix". In Russian, words consist of morphemes. To explain in simple terms, these are parts of the word. The prefix also refers to them - an important part of the word that faces the root and has the function of supplementing the meaning or changing it. In most languages of the world, this morpheme is used. Often it is formed from the corresponding prepositions. It is in the Russian language that there are 70 prefixes that are divided into three groups.
The meaning of the morpheme "archi"
As already mentioned above, the prefix "archi" is a foreign language, namely: Greek. She gives the word the meaning of the highest degree of anything, indicates seniority. For example, in the hierarchy of clergy, she denotes the highest rank:
- an archbishop is a spiritual title that indicates seniority to a bishop;
- bishop - a generalized name for the higher ranks of clergy - bishop, archbishop, metropolitan.
If you give examples in which "archi" gives the highest degree of importance, then the brightest is the word "archisocial", since it (this adjective) is often used in speech (archisocial equation, archisocial choice, archisocial task, and so on).
In the Russian language there are not so many words in which the named prefix is present. As time goes by, more and more new terms appear in everyday life and are introduced into the lexicon. Possibly, in the near future there will be a mass of any "archisols". However, we will now give some examples of existing ones.
Words with the prefix "archi"
We begin the list with the terms that have already been given above - the archbishop, bishop. As stated, these are the highest spiritual ranks. The archdeacon also belongs to them (in common people - the archdeacon), the archpastor. Continuing the church theme, we cite such words as archdeaconhood (archdeaconhood), archbishopric.
If you plunge a little into biology, you can recall archimycetes - one of the classes of microscopic fungi (lower microscopic, to be more precise).
The most understandable examples are archimillionaire, archibestion, archiplut.
Conclusion
So to summarize. The prefix "archi" came into the Russian language from Greece. She attaches great importance to something. Today in our native language there are not many words with this prefix. These are mainly the ranks of representatives of the clergy and their derivatives.